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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 1 July 2025
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Question reference: S3W-09273

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 26 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on assessing the potential for microgeneration targets, as referred to in Annex 1, paragraph 5.1 of Energy Efficiency and Microgeneration: Achieving a Low Carbon Future: A Strategy for Scotland - draft for consultation, March 2007.

Question reference: S3W-09274

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 26 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the investigation into barriers to the take-up of home energy efficiency and consideration of options to help householders improve the energy efficiency of their homes, as referred to in paragraph 6.13 of Energy Efficiency and Microgeneration: Achieving a Low Carbon Future: A Strategy for Scotland - draft for consultation, March 2007.

Question reference: S3W-09278

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 25 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in developing a renewable heat strategy, as referred to in paragraph 1.31 of Energy Efficiency and Microgeneration: Achieving a Low Carbon Future: A Strategy for Scotland - draft for consultation, March 2007.

Question reference: S3W-09279

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 25 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the review of energy efficiency and microgeneration support, as referred to in paragraph 3.18 of Energy Efficiency and Microgeneration: Achieving a Low Carbon Future: A Strategy for Scotland - draft for consultation, March 2007.

Question reference: S3W-09276

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 25 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the commitment to invest in microgeneration and investigate which of the buildings on its own estate are most suitable, as referred to in paragraph 7.9 of Energy Efficiency and Microgeneration: Achieving a Low Carbon Future: A Strategy for Scotland - draft for consultation, March 2007.

Question reference: S3W-09275

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth will make a statement about progress with regard to the effectiveness of the Central Energy Efficiency Fund, in particular its extension to the further and higher education sector, as referred to in paragraph 7.7 of Energy Efficiency and Microgeneration: Achieving a Low Carbon Future: A Strategy for Scotland - draft for consultation, March 2007.

Question reference: S3W-09124

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 21 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will seek to develop a carbon assessment tool that will be capable of operation across central and local government in the United Kingdom or whether it will use a separate methodology for Scotland.

Question reference: S3W-09126

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 21 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive why its new waste targets only include waste collected by local authorities.

Question reference: S3W-09123

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 21 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive which organisations are providing advice to the Scottish Government on the development of the carbon assessment tool referred to by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 23 January 2008 (Official Report, c. 5290).

Question reference: S3W-09138

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 20 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the ministerial statement on 24 January 2008, whether it intends to set specific levels for composting.